Where there is a will there is a way

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Where there’s a will, there’s a way means if someone really wants to do something, they will find a way to do it, even if there are things that make it hard to do. This may be used in a positive sense, such as talking about a tireless worker who gets a hard job done. It can also be used in a negative sense, like when talking about a drug addict who will do anything to get their drugs. It is a 400-year old proverb (a short, common saying or expression that gives advice or shares a universal truth).

Here are two examples from the Corpus of Contemporary American English.

• From the Life without Pants blog:

“I’ll Never Go Back to School” (2012): “I have no doubt that if obtaining your Masters is something that you want to do — you WILL do it… If there’s a will, there’s a way. No doubt you’ll find the way.”

• In an interview, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner (2011) noted this about the two major political parties in the U.S.:

“Where is it that we can stand together? It’s not easy to find sometimes. But I do think that where there’s a will, there’s a way. I think a lot of people around that room from both political parties are very sincere about trying to solve the problem.”

Where there is a will there is a way

Where there is a will there is a way